VFB keeps coming into focus when rendering animation with Grasshopper

[CCal]

Hi,

I am rendering an animation with Rhino 7.1 and the new VRAY 5 using Grasshopper components.
I'm running into a rather annoying issue with the VFB keeps coming into focus.

This is hampering on my workflow efficiency because when im also writing code or doing work on other programs while VRAY is rendering.
I have glossed over the VFB settings but cannot find relevant switches to turn off this "coming into focus" setting.
I even tried minimizing and closing the VFB, but when a new frame starts to render, the VFB pops up again...

Am missing something? or has this feature yet to be implemented? Thanks

Edit: I remember the VRay Next doesnt have this issue, because I was doing the same thing prior Vray 5 release.

[slavcho.brusev]

Hello,

Thank you for reporting this!
I have logged a ticket in our internal system(VRW-3013).
Indeed this is annoying. However there is a workaround.
Depending on the animation there are 2 possibilities:
First one is if you do not have animated object generation
- Export Animation through the V-Ray Exporter component(make sure you have set the output file before exporting the .vrscene file)

- Render the .vrscene file with V-Ray Standalone by going to C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\V-Ray for Rhinoceros\vrayappsdk\bin folder and start the vray.exe through the cmd(video guide https://drive.google.com/file/d/16gw...ew?usp=sharing). After you open cmd in the folder type”vray -scenefile=”drag and drop the vrscene file here” -display=0” and hit enter. For more standalone commands please see the following link: https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/...d+Line+Options
Or use the attached bat file Animation.zip which will do the same automatically with all .vrscenes in the folder and will save the output in the same folder. Copy the .bat file in the folder where the .vrscene is saved and double click on it.
Second option is if you have object/s that are created in the animation(f.e. In the 7th frame a sphere starts to appear).
- Export Sequence through V-Ray Exporter

- Use the same .bat file( Animation.zip ) to batch render all .vrscenes in the folder.

I got the script for the bat file from the following article(note I have modified it a little bit): https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/...ork+with+V-Ray

[CCal]

Hi Slavcho,
Many thanks for logging this in your internal systems.
I also appreciate your workaround methods. I have not yet tried them out yet, because I've already rendered out the frames I needed, but looking at your video. It looks like it'll do the job for my purposes.
I will keep this in mind when rendering the next animation.

Thank you.